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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. God's anger is great and to be feared, but God is also what?

2. In what religion do you do away with all feeling and obtain a type of peace?

3. What does Heschel describe as not a goal, but a challenge, a commitment, a state of tension?

4. Heschel contends that the prophets were in what state of mind when they received God's call?

5. One theory for prophets and their inspiration is that they had madness in them that led to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

2. Does Heschel say God always been considered a loving and good God?

3. Describe one theory that Heschel discusses regarding prophets and their revelations from God.

4. Who was Marcion?

5. How does Heschel explain the beliefs that the prophets were frauds?

6. What is anthropopathy?

7. Why does Heschel say Karma is opposed to prophetic thinking?

8. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?

9. How does Heschel think much of the Bible should be looked at?

10. What is ecstasy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is prophecy? How do you distinguish prophecy from other forms of speech or from predictions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least three prophets that are not Old Testament prophets. How do they compare/contrast to the Old Testament prophets?

Essay Topic 3

Justice was an important theme for the prophets. Define what justice meant to the prophets. Discuss what problems there were with justice. Pick two prophets and explain how they dealt with the issue of justice.

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